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1 year ago

For the first time in a long time I've had the chance to add to our Project on Homer's The Iliad. Today I've put up the page for Book 9. The thumbnail for it, below, has been replaced. You can access it via the 'Projects' tab of the menu on most pages of the website.

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kph saddleblasters

1 year ago

Okay, wow, gonna need to find time to go through the backlog of your essays. For now, I love the observation that the theory and practice of writing are basically touching. And the idea of gleeful misinterpretation of the masters being beautiful as long as it's meaningful to you in the moment. I relate a lot to your 2023 letter, too, especially the bits about fearing rigidity at the heart of organizational systems.

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kph 1 year ago

May we all get weirder and more sharply ourselves in 2024.

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

Thanks for the comment and sorry for my late reply! I feel like my whole experience engaging in art and literature has consisted of nothing but misinterpretation. This isn't exactly gleeful, as I'd like to eventually at least be aware of what others consider to be the "correct" interpretations. It's hard for me to avoid misinterpretation though, so I'm resigned to embracing it.

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moheb-rofail

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My latest post: Building this website as a continuous trip. https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/post?p=Building_this_website_as_a_continuous_trip

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readingproject 1 year ago

Fixing typos. So many typos!

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mikegrindle 1 year ago

Wouldn't sweat it. Everyone knows those things turn up only after you hit publish

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denpatenshi saddleblasters

1 year ago

i loved every second i was reading your first response to the writing club prompt. writing as an extension of thought and wanting to think of something new is something i can relate to all too well. the mundane is so hard to write about, but i'm glad to find someone who finds beauty in it, the inherent surrealism of day-to-day life, especially in this day and age.

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denpatenshi 1 year ago

a quote i really resonated with was this: "one yearns for a new kind of pain, new kinds of ambiguities, that force the mind to confront other possibilities." sometimes, other people succintly put into words an idea you had no clue on how to capture. i really enjoyed your insight- and your commentary on mou tun-fei intrigues me. i never really thought about creation through abstract theory, but it sounds magical.

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denpatenshi 1 year ago

creation on the foundation of interpretation and original thought- i think it ties everything together well. writing as a conduit for understanding the workings of one's mind and ideas. thank you for sharing. i feel seen through you. ♥ can't wait to see your response next week!

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

Thank you so much for reading! When I wrote that yesterday, I had just finished Kazushi Hosaka's "Plainsong", which has character he mentions that as a kid he wanted to be a novelist, but that he gave up on it to become a filmmaker because writing always has to be about something, whereas when making a film you can just turn the camera on when talking to friends and let it captures what it captures.

saddleblasters 1 year ago

The paradox was that Hosaka's novel somehow also manages to feel like a camera dropped into the lives of its characters, capturing glances at their daily routines and snippets of their conversations without making it about anything. Seeing him so successful at it makes me wish I could be a camera — some kind of psychological camera, that captures more than just light, that somehow meditates without judging.

saddleblasters 1 year ago

I read your response as well, and you mention that your writing has shifted from fantasies about other lives to more directly confronting reality. But I don’t think there needs to be a conflict between the two. I think that in recording and contemplating our reality, we can still meditate on our fantasies and why they exist inside of us. The contrast between fantasy and reality can allow us to look at both closer.

saddleblasters 1 year ago

This is one of those things that we could both spend thousands of words writing about, so I’ll leave at that for now. Anyways, it just passed midnight here. I’m not sure what time zone you’re in, but happy new year!

bookbug

1 year ago

hi everyone! there's a new poll on the homepage - please help us choose 4 books for next month's reading choices! ‎٩(⸝⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)و*̣̩ all info can be found on the page, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask! & hope everyone is enjoying this month's book, Giovanni's Room! (maple)

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tsumugsfish 1 year ago

left hand of darkness lets go!

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notprincehamlet 1 year ago

voted :) i do have a question! i've been wondering how the options for the poll get chosen in the first place? there's no info about that on the site, so i've been thinking members could perhaps submit a title or two each to create a "book bank" of sorts and then choose the options randomly?

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michaelmas 1 year ago

Maple & I go through our TBR lists & we choose from there. Maple & I thought about that idea, but we don't want to end up reading a book that neither of us like, hence the current system.

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notprincehamlet 1 year ago

i get that! respectfully though, now that there are more members in the club, it doesn’t seem fair to me that the options cater to the preferences of only two people. I may be alone in this (and btw this has nothing to do with the quality of the books, all the options so far have been excellent imo), and it’s your call anyway, but I felt I had to say something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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unfortunateaccident 1 year ago

wtf how am i supposed to pick ONLY two of these? these sound so epic

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munsun 1 year ago

it was so hard to choose hehe!!! love all the books you guys gave as choices though

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10kph 1 year ago

left hand sweep!!!

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saddleblasters museariadne

1 year ago

Hi. I wrote a response for the first prompt: https://saddleblasters.neocities.org/muse/

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

I have a button at the bottom of my homepage: https://saddleblasters.neocities.org

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

thanks for starting this! it looks like it will be fun

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tehuan 1 year ago

your response is so wonderful ! i definitely agree that writing is so important as communication and a mode of understanding, and i loved hearing what you had to say abt it :] adding you to the members page now !

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

Thank you so much for reading, and thanks for coming up with this club. It's a really nice way to connect people

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bookbug 1 year ago

added errormine to the member list! ♡₊˚⊹ (maple)

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errormine bookbug

1 year ago

This is so cute, I'm going to set up my page tomorrow. Also I've read Giovanni's Room last summer, but I will gladly read it again and share my thoughts this time. Happy reading to you all.

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errormine 1 year ago

Placeholder page is up! Time for me to get reading >:)

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maplebear 1 year ago

i'll add you to the member list! :3

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readingproject

1 year ago

A new review up today by Bojan the Librarian: The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton

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missymjwrites bookbug

1 year ago

Hiya, this looks fantastic! Definently going to look into joining soon (once I get a dedicated page up and running). Just a quick Q, do we have to read the chosen book every month? Just in case I have a busy month, or the book isn't available (via legal means). Thank you in advance for answering it <3

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bookbug 1 year ago

No worries; it's totally fine if you miss the book every once in a while. (Though I would encourage piracy if the book isn't available by "legal means.") I look forward to you joining!

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missymjwrites 1 year ago

Haha, I wasn't going to say that but I'm glad that it's a blanket "aokay" rule (obviously, I try not too, but physical books are ridiculously expensive and the library doesn't have every book 😭). But awesome, I'm glad to hear it! I'll set up a page this month and will chuck ya a post once done. Thank you! <3

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